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The school I'm at was given an upright piano by another school, but the head of music viewed it with disgust as it was so soft and mushy. It's just a forty year old Welmar, like all the other school pianos. No doubt a new set of hammers would work wonders, but that's not an option.

Today I filed and ironed the hammers, and also adjusted the negative lost motion. These steps have made a considerable improvement, and no doubt tuning will also help the perception of the voicing.

As it is, the piano would be quite a nice accompaniment piano, But for what the head of music wants to hear, it still needs a little extra brightness, a little more hardness.

hair spray, nail varnish or stewed old celluloid key tops are all the same stuff basically. They should make it nice and bright.. My uncle likened the result to a Steinway tin bath full of old nails. I'm sure he exaggerated. He really didn't like steinways.